| Here are the weekly Blu-ray & CD rankings for August 4th - 10th Rank / This week's sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles Blu-ray *1. 7,887 7,887 Lupin III: Cagliostro no Shiro HD-Remaster *2. 7,305 7,305 Kill la Kill Vol.8 Limited Edition *3. 1,933 1,933 Black Bullet Vol.2 Limited Edition *4. 1,691 1,691 K Blu-ray BOX Limited Edition *5. 1,605 1,605 Robot Girls Z Vol.3 *6. 1,545 1,545 Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou Vol.2 *7. 1,489 1,489 Nourin Vol.5 (cut-off 1,489) DVD *1. 2,830 115,070 Kaze Tachinu *2. 1,740 **1,740 Lupin III: Cagliostro no Shiro HD-Remaster *3. 1,622 **1,622 Doraemon: New Nobita's Great Demon - Peko and the Exploration Party of Five Regular Edition *4. 1,602 **7,475 Tonari no Totoro HD-Remaster *5. 1,323 **1,323 Kill la Kill Vol.8 Limited Edition *6. 1,143 **1,143 One Piece 17th Season "Dressrosa" Vol.2 *7. *,923 ***,923 Naruto: Shippuuden "Ninkai Taisen - Sasuke to Itachi" Vol.6 *8. *,822 *16,144 One Piece Log Collection "Impel Down" (eps.422-441) *9. *,781 *15,962 One Piece Log Collection "Magellan" (eps.442-458) 10. *,677 **2,726 Majo no Takkyuubin HD-Remaster 11. *,624 **6,036 Precure All Stars New Stage 3: Eien no Tomodachi 12. *,525 **2,592 Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi HD-Remaster 13. *,516 *15,664 Haikyuu!! Vol.1 14. *,483 ***,483 Black Bullet Vol.2 Limited Edition 15. *,479 **4,809 Hunter x Hunter: The Last Mission 16. *,466 ***,466 K DVD BOX Limited Edition 17. *,437 ***,437 Doraemon: New Nobita's Great Demon - Peko and the Exploration Party of Five Special Limited Edition 18. *,403 *57,997 Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Vol.7 Limited Edition 19. *,399 **1,815 Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa HD-Remaster 20. *,375 ***,375 Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou Vol.2 (cut-off 375) CD Single *5. 32,460 32,460 Free!: Eternal Summer ED "FUTURE FISH" by STYLE FIVE *8. 13,588 13,588 Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers OP/ED "Tsukiyabureru - Time to SMASH! c/w Thread of fate" by T.M.Revolution 10. 11,900 11,900 Stand by Me Doraemon ED "Himawari no Yakusoku" by Motohiro Hata 11. 11,101 11,101 Majimoji Rurumo OP "Seiippai, Tsutaetai!" by Suzuko Mimori 15. *7,307 *7,307 Aldnoah.Zero OP "heavenly blue" by Kalafina (Single Version) 17. *6,373 56,713 Bishoujo Sensei Sailor Moon: Crystal OP/ED "MOON PRIDE c/w Gekkou" by Momoiro Clover Z 21. *5,411 *5,411 Ao Haru Ride OP "Sekai wa Koi ni Ochiteiru" by CHICO with HoneyWorks 22. *5,400 31,409 Free!: Eternal Summer OP "Dried Up Youthful Fame" by OLDCODEX 25. *4,934 *4,934 Tokyo Ghoul ED "Seijatachi" by People In The Box 29. *3,607 91,547 Youkai Watch OP "Geragerapou no Uta" by King Creamsoda 35. *3,184 *3,184 Sabagebu! OP "YES!!" by Ayaka Ohashi 39. *2,813 *2,813 Shirogane no Ishi: Argevollen ED "Face" by Sachika Misawa 40. *2,742 24,614 Uta no Prince-sama♪ Idol Song Camu (Junjounaru Ai -Aspiration-) by Camu (CV: Tomoaki Maeno) 44. *2,443 16,076 Tokyo Ghoul OP "unravel" by TK from Ling Tosite Sigure 46. *2,347 *2,347 Petit Idolm@ster Twelve Campaigns! Vol.6 Ami / Mami Futami & Koami / Komami + Azusa Miura (Dokkiri☆Happy Birthday / LOOK THE SKY) by Ami / Mami Futami & Koami / Komami (CV: Asami Shimoda) + Azusa Miura (CV: Chiaki Takahashi) 51. *2,025 *8,641 Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei OP "grilletto" by GARNiDELiA 55. *1,716 *1,716 Majimoji Rurumo ED "Futari no Chronostasis" by Yurika Endou 56. *1,712 16,768 Haikyuu!! OP "Ah Yeah!!" by Sukima Switch 57. *1,688 *1,688 Glasslip OP "Natsu no Hi to Kimi no Koe" by Choucho 60. *1,620 14,639 Dragon Ball Kai (2014) ED "Junjou" by Leo Ieiri 62. *1,585 *1,585 Tokyo ESP ED "Kyuusei Argyros" by Yousei Teikoku 71. *1,235 40,337 Pokemon XY: Hakai no Mayu to Diancie ED "Yoake no Ryuuseigun" by SCANDAL 84. **,894 60,240 Love Live! School Idol Project 2nd Season IN "KiRa-Kira Sensation! / Happy maker!" by μ's 85. **,886 *3,402 Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [locodol] Yatte Mita. OP/ED "Mirai Fanfare / Mirai Shoujotachi" by Nagaregawa Girls [Nanako Usami (CV: Miku Itou) & Yukari Kohinata (CV: Sachika Misawa)] 88. **,788 *4,907 Ao Haru Ride ED "Blue" by Fujifabric (included in "Blue/WIRED") 93. **,736 52,847 One Piece OP "Wake up!" by AAA 95. **,722 *3,110 Kuroshitsuji: Book of Circus ED "Aoki Tsuki Michite" by AKIRA 96. **,709 58,669 Makakucity Actors OP/ED "daze/days" by Jin 98. **,656 *3,201 Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei! OP "moving soul" by Minami Kuribayashi (cut-off 656) CD Album *4. 21,978 *21,978 Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas "PHASE 2" (incl. Gokukoku no Brynhildr OP "Virtue and Vice" and Sengoku Basara: Judge End OP "Thunderclap") 31. *2,692 **6,820 Kuroko no Basket Character Song Solo Mini Album Vol. 4 Taiga Kagami (CV: Yuuki Ono) - Meteor Jam Sessions - by Taiga Kagami (CV: Yuuki Ono) 32. *2,671 412,267 Namie Amuro "Ballada" 33. *2,365 *40,019 Kalafina THE BEST "Blue" (incl. Aldnoah.Zero OP "heavenly blue") 36. *2,037 *67,530 Kyary Pamyu Pamyu "Pika Pika Fantajin" 39. *1,916 *36,611 Kalafina THE BEST "Red" 56. *1,279 106,640 UVERworld "0 CHOIR" 57. *1,268 *10,722 Uchuu Kyoudai Complete Best by Various Artists 62. *1,145 **9,696 Shin Tennis no Ouji-sama "The Prince of Tennis II: Shitenhouji Super STARS" by Various Artists 63. *1,137 266,643 Bump of Chicken "RAY" 74. **,923 *90,551 Love Live! School Idol Project μ's Best Album Best Live! collection by μ's 77. **,859 *12,765 Noitamina 10th Anniversary Best Mixed by DJ Kazu 81. **,818 **1,573 Digimon Movie Song Collection by Various Artists 91. **,722 **8,912 The iDOLM@STER Million Live! THE IDOLM@STER LIVE THE@THER HARMONY 01 by Legend Days 95. **,704 *51,551 Ayumi Hamasaki "Colours" (incl. Buddha 2:Tezuka Osamu no Buddha: Owarinaki Tabi Theme Song "Pray") (cut-off 704) Source: Oricon Youtaiju Previous Week's Ranking |
tsubasaloverAug 19, 2014 9:32 AM
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tsubasalover said: CD Single *5. 32,460 32,460 Free!: Eternal Summer ED "FUTURE FISH" by STYLE FIVE *8. 13,588 13,588 Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers OP/ED "Tsukiyabureru - Time to SMASH! c/w Thread of fate" by T.M.Revolution 15. *7,307 *7,307 Aldnoah.Zero OP "heavenly blue" by Kalafina (Single Version) 21. *5,411 *5,411 Ao Haru Ride OP "Sekai wa Koi ni Ochiteiru" by CHICO with HoneyWorks 56. *1,712 16,768 Haikyuu!! OP "Ah Yeah!!" by Sukima Switch 88. **,788 *4,907 Ao Haru Ride ED "Blue" by Fujifabric (included in "Blue/WIRED") 93. **,736 52,847 One Piece OP "Wake up!" by AAA 95. **,722 *3,110 Kuroshitsuji: Book of Circus ED "Aoki Tsuki Michite" by AKIRA CD Album 33. *2,365 *40,019 Kalafina THE BEST "Blue" (incl. Aldnoah.Zero OP "heavenly blue") 36. *2,037 *67,530 Kyary Pamyu Pamyu "Pika Pika Fantajin" 39. *1,916 *36,611 Kalafina THE BEST "Red" Nothing new interests me, but it seems like heavenly blue sells better in single version than best album version (just this week). |
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| Honestly is Love Live worth watching? the sales on that is ridiculous... I've watched plenty of Shoujo anime and dance anime but never got a chance to try it. Nice sales though, all the good anime are selling consistently. |
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| What a boring and slow week for slow, and next week is going to be even worse with only 3 releases. Here are the new 'estimated' v2 drops for summer show. v1(stalker estimate) -> v2(/3)(stalker estimate) - *4.0k -> *2.2k Tokyo Ghoul(-45%) *1.9k -> *1.2k Sabagebu!(-37%) *2.2k -> *1.5k Hanayamata(down -32%) *2.1k -> *1.5k Futsuu no Joshikousei ga【Locodol】Yattemita(-29%) *2.8k -> *2.1k Bakumatsu Rock (-25%) v2 also has a event ticket and v3 is not up yet *8.0k -> *6.5k Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun (-19%) *7.6k -> *6.8k Persona 4 Golden(-11%) *1.1k -> *1.0k Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance(-9%) Read more at http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1213237&pages=5&show=80#LXgFHsEGrdYMlIeP.99 |
| [quote=tsubasaloverBlu-ray *1. 7,887 7,887 Lupin III: Cagliostro no Shiro HD-Remaster *2. 7,305 7,305 Kill la Kill Vol.8 Limited Edition *3. 1,933 1,933 Black Bullet Vol.2 Limited Edition *4. 1,691 1,691 K Blu-ray BOX Limited Edition *5. 1,605 1,605 Robot Girls Z Vol.3 *6. 1,545 1,545 Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou Vol.2 *7. 1,489 1,489 Nourin Vol.5 (cut-off 1,489)[/quote] *4. 1,691 1,691 K Blu-ray BOX Limited Edition ^ hooooh !! subarashī >v< |
| I've been wondering what these sales numbers represent. Is it taken from online sales (if so, how many sites)? Store sales? Combined? |
"May those who accept their fate be granted happiness." "May those who defy their fate be granted glory." |
| Future Fish sells well. Good to see that. |
| Nothing really stands out for me this week. I'm hoping Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou will do better though in the future. |
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*6. 1,545 1,545 Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou Vol.2 Tche...and all hopes for S2 are fading away :<21. *5,411 *5,411 Ao Haru Ride OP "Sekai wa Koi ni Ochiteiru" by CHICO with HoneyWorks These 2 deserve way bigger numbers.62. *1,585 *1,585 Tokyo ESP ED "Kyuusei Argyros" by Yousei Teikoku |
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| lel someanithing + my calculate: DVD & Blu-ray Sales Rankings for Spring 2014 (average) 1 80,212 Love Live! 2nd Season 2 30,812 Haikyuu!! 3 12,111 Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken Stardust Crusaders 4 11,799 Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei 5 11,248 Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka? 6 9,377 Mekaku City Actors 7 8,860 No Game No Life 8 8,192 Sidonia no Kishi 9 6,186 Date A Live II 10 5,374 Kamigami no Asobi 11 4,625 isshukan Friends. 12 4,128 Mushishi Zoku-shou 13 3,237 Puchimas!! -Petit Idolmaster- 14 2,802 Black Bullet 15 2,391 Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou 16 2,047 Escha & Logy no Atelier ~Tasogare no Sora no Renkinjutsushi~ 17 1,947 Gokukoku no Brynhildr 18 1,548 Kenzen Robo Daimidaler 19 1,468 Akuma no Riddle 20 1,414 Hitsugi no Chaika 21 1,192 Kanojo ga Flag wo Oraretara 22 919 Seikoku no Dragonar 23 712 Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san 24 659 Ryuugajou Nanana no Maizoukin 25 627 Mangaka-san to Assistant-san to 26 408 Soul Eater! NOT 27 362 Blade and Soul 28 ... Fuuun Ishin Dai Shogun |
| Love Live hype starting to fade away? |
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moonnya said: 24 659 Ryuugajou Nanana no Maizoukin Damn :/ |
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| The sales of Haikyuu nearly made me jump in joy. At this rate, the second season won't be very far away. |
K-Shinkurou said: Honestly is Love Live worth watching? the sales on that is ridiculous... I've watched plenty of Shoujo anime and dance anime but never got a chance to try it. Nice sales though, all the good anime are selling consistently. Yeah. It out right CRUSHES ever other show there is. But... Judging by the second ranking show, it seems like Moe-otaku and fujoshi are the main demography that bought shit. Glad to see Sidonia no Kishi isn't doing bad! I hope the second season would get hand-drawn animation like Kingdom did. |
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trabeus1 said: Love Live hype starting to fade away? How do you figure that? Love Live is one of those things that just doesn't seem to fade away like the rest in terms of popularity. Fan art is still pretty much constant, the music is still selling, the Blu-Ray discs are still charting (that first disc for season 2 has remained in the top 40 for preorder rankings on Amazon.jp for almost two months now), fans in Asia literally prostrate themselves before images of the idols, it makes the mainstream news in Japan on discussions of hot twitter tags and even gets mentioned a lot on mainstream variety programs. Also it's not just hype trust me. The passion from the fanbase is pretty real, very intense and more than a little scary. You should see what happens any time one of the fictional idols has a "birthday". |
| Yay really happy about future fish ,majimoji op and unravel :D:D! I love these op/ed bcus they are just great and wow i don't think i have seen UVAworld on there before its ashame because i loved their op to ao no exorcist |
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trabeus1 said: Love Live hype starting to fade away? For the sake of the anime industry and japan hopefully it does. |
Kaioshin_Sama said: trabeus1 said: Love Live hype starting to fade away? How do you figure that? Love Live is one of those things that just doesn't seem to fade away like the rest in terms of popularity. Fan art is still pretty much constant, the music is still selling, the Blu-Ray discs are still charting (that first disc for season 2 has remained in the top 40 for preorder rankings on Amazon.jp for almost two months now), fans in Asia literally prostrate themselves before images of the idols, it makes the mainstream news in Japan on discussions of hot twitter tags and even gets mentioned a lot on mainstream variety programs. Also it's not just hype trust me. The passion from the fanbase is pretty real, very intense and more than a little scary. You should see what happens any time one of the fictional idols has a "birthday". Actually you are right, Its not a hype. Well I really do Love Love Live, just thought vol.2 wasn't selling as much as vol.1 so thought it was. Sure Japan loves Love Live, posters/ads and BD were everywhere in Akihabara |
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trabeus1 said: Kaioshin_Sama said: How do you figure that? Love Live is one of those things that just doesn't seem to fade away like the rest in terms of popularity. Fan art is still pretty much constant, the music is still selling, the Blu-Ray discs are still charting (that first disc for season 2 has remained in the top 40 for preorder rankings on Amazon.jp for almost two months now), fans in Asia literally prostrate themselves before images of the idols, it makes the mainstream news in Japan on discussions of hot twitter tags and even gets mentioned a lot on mainstream variety programs. Also it's not just hype trust me. The passion from the fanbase is pretty real, very intense and more than a little scary. You should see what happens any time one of the fictional idols has a "birthday". Actually you are right, Its not a hype. Well I really do Love Love Live, just thought vol.2 wasn't selling as much as vol.1 so thought it was. Sure Japan loves Love Live, posters/ads and BD were everywhere in Akihabara You need to set your comparative standard a bit differently here cause you're talking about the best selling TV anime Blu-Ray volume to date and something of an anomaly with volume 1 that was never going to be equalled by volume 2. At about 50K though it'd still doing better than the vast majority of TV anime. Especially lately so it's not that its popularity is dying down but regressing to the mean. |
Kaioshin_Sama said: trabeus1 said: Actually you are right, Its not a hype. Well I really do Love Love Live, just thought vol.2 wasn't selling as much as vol.1 so thought it was. Sure Japan loves Love Live, posters/ads and BD were everywhere in Akihabara You need to set your comparative standard a bit differently here cause you're talking about the best selling TV anime Blu-Ray volume to date and something of an anomaly with volume 1 that was never going to be equalled by volume 2. At about 50K though it'd still doing better than the vast majority of TV anime. Especially lately so it's not that its popularity is dying down but regressing to the mean. You also have to factor in the movie coming out in 2015, that hype will go back up again, heaven forbid Muse doesn't graduate at the end of the movie and a 3rd season gets announced. |
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tsubasalover said: Here are the weekly Blu-ray & CD rankings for August 4th - 10th Rank / This week's sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles Blu-ray *1. 7,887 7,887 Lupin III: Cagliostro no Shiro HD-Remaster *2. 7,305 7,305 Kill la Kill Vol.8 Limited Edition *3. 1,933 1,933 Black Bullet Vol.2 Limited Edition *4. 1,691 1,691 K Blu-ray BOX Limited Edition *5. 1,605 1,605 Robot Girls Z Vol.3 *6. 1,545 1,545 Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou Vol.2 *7. 1,489 1,489 Nourin Vol.5 (cut-off 1,489) This is impressive and also good news =D Wow Haikyuu!! cumulative sales are really high. btw how did Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka? sell that much? Japanese taste sure is different o_O They're more interested in kawaii nonsense random plot slice of life anime than in the good ones. |
| Wow, Lupin still gets sales. |
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| Whoa, since when? Guess I gotta pick the series back up. Depressing.. Have only seen the first episode, but.. so low. tsubasalover said: Guess that is to be expected from show like Fuuun Ishin. I enjoyed it though.No Data **. **,*** Fuuun Ishin Dai☆Shogun **. **,*** Abarenbou Rikishi!! Matsutarou [DVD] Sad to see Matsutarou down here as well, hopefully it could go over hundred episodes, or maybe even a full adaption. |
ToG25thBaamAug 13, 2014 4:27 AM
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16,076 Tokyo Ghoul OP "unravel" I think this deserves a bit more attention... Boring week, by the way :/ |
trabeus1 said: Kaioshin_Sama said: How do you figure that? Love Live is one of those things that just doesn't seem to fade away like the rest in terms of popularity. Fan art is still pretty much constant, the music is still selling, the Blu-Ray discs are still charting (that first disc for season 2 has remained in the top 40 for preorder rankings on Amazon.jp for almost two months now), fans in Asia literally prostrate themselves before images of the idols, it makes the mainstream news in Japan on discussions of hot twitter tags and even gets mentioned a lot on mainstream variety programs. Also it's not just hype trust me. The passion from the fanbase is pretty real, very intense and more than a little scary. You should see what happens any time one of the fictional idols has a "birthday". Actually you are right, Its not a hype. Well I really do Love Love Live, just thought vol.2 wasn't selling as much as vol.1 so thought it was. Sure Japan loves Love Live, posters/ads and BD were everywhere in Akihabara Not only Japan, but the rest of Asia Pacific and South East Asia are catching up to the Love Live's wave as they are much more susceptible to idol culture than Western countries. It's thanks to the phone game Love Live school idol festival that has been translated in four different languages including English. Japanese are really amazed at how popular Love Live is in neighboring countries. Here is a video in Japanese TV about Love Live's phenomenon in Shanghai. |
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ThangLong said: trabeus1 said: Actually you are right, Its not a hype. Well I really do Love Love Live, just thought vol.2 wasn't selling as much as vol.1 so thought it was. Sure Japan loves Love Live, posters/ads and BD were everywhere in Akihabara Not only Japan, but the rest of Asia Pacific and South East Asia are catching up to the Love Live's wave as they are much more susceptible to idol culture than Western countries. It's thanks to the phone game Love Live school idol festival that has been translated in four different languages including English. Japanese are really amazed at how popular Love Live is in neighboring countries. Here is a video in Japanese TV about Love Live's phenomenon in Shanghai. I've read about that phenomenon in a couple blogs and was shocked, but I've seen numerous other anime being popular among the Chinese speaking community, Date A Live is quite popular in Taiwan and South Korea. |
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| *8. **9,561 Sidonia no Kishi [BD] So, is this from a single volume? Or accumulated? Because if it is, wow. |
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Hoppy said: I've read about that phenomenon in a couple blogs and was shocked, but I've seen numerous other anime being popular among the Chinese speaking community, Date A Live is quite popular in Taiwan and South Korea. Some anime can catch fire in certain countries. Besides Date A Live, Railgun and SAO are well liked in mainland China. South Korea likes Accel World while the Philippines is fond of OreImo. However, Love Live is a little bit different since it ran on both waves, idol and anime. Idol culture in this region is influenced mostly by Korean bands. Japan used to have a strong presence with AKB but that has faded for a while because the Koreans give a stronger impression with their "sexy-cool" idols instead of "cute" ones. Nevertheless, the fondness of "cute" idols are always there and µ as a RL idol band portrays it excellently. µ is a professional group with high quality performers like Nanjo, Mimorin, Pile and Emi. That's why a ticket to the Live concert is valued so highly, leading to a phenomenal Vol1 sale. |
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ThangLong said: Hoppy said: I've read about that phenomenon in a couple blogs and was shocked, but I've seen numerous other anime being popular among the Chinese speaking community, Date A Live is quite popular in Taiwan and South Korea. Some anime can catch fire in certain countries. Besides Date A Live, Railgun and SAO are well liked in mainland China. South Korea likes Accel World while the Philippines is fond of OreImo. However, Love Live is a little bit different since it ran on both waves, idol and anime. Idol culture in this region is influenced mostly by Korean bands. Japan used to have a strong presence with AKB but that has faded for a while because the Koreans give a stronger impression with their "sexy-cool" idols instead of "cute" ones. Nevertheless, the fondness of "cute" idols are always there and µ as a RL idol band portrays it excellently. µ is a professional group with high quality performers like Nanjo, Mimorin, Pile and Emi. That's why a ticket to the Live concert is valued so highly, leading to a phenomenal Vol1 sale. I think that's why I'm not too keen on K-Pop at all, while I do like the choreography better than J-Pop (well it is far better than J-Pop), the sexy-cool image doesn't sit too well with me. I wouldn't mind some Choreography instructors who work with K-pop idols to go to Japan and teach the J-pop idols some great moves. |
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| tonari no totoro will never stop selling and glad Lupin is selling too. |
Hoppy said: Kaioshin_Sama said: You need to set your comparative standard a bit differently here cause you're talking about the best selling TV anime Blu-Ray volume to date and something of an anomaly with volume 1 that was never going to be equalled by volume 2. At about 50K though it'd still doing better than the vast majority of TV anime. Especially lately so it's not that its popularity is dying down but regressing to the mean. You also have to factor in the movie coming out in 2015, that hype will go back up again, heaven forbid Muse doesn't graduate at the end of the movie and a 3rd season gets announced. I think the hype is still around because of the smartphone game that has also been translated into different languages including English. Also, the PS Vita game will also be released in a few weeks with preorders getting a limited editions nendoroids. And if the reception of that game will be good, it may also get translated to English as well. I think those two games will keep the Love Live! hype around until the movie comes out next year. |
OrangeRafiAug 13, 2014 9:26 PM
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| The hype in Japan is more relevant for the franchise, but I will include a timeline of just the mobage (abbreviation is Sukufesu in Japanese), which is only one of many different multimedia formats for the franchise. 2013/04/15: Released on iOS 2013/06/06: Released on Android 2013/06/26: Player base reaches 500,000 players 2013/09/21: Player base reaches 1,000,000 players 2014/02/24: Player base reaches 2,000,000 players 2014/05/23: Player base reaches 3,000,000 players 2014/08/08: Player base reaches 4,000,000 players Ever since the mobage reached 2 million players, the game has been growing at a phenomenal pace of ~1 million players every 2.5 to 3 months. Players spend a lot of money on the mobage, and has single handedly brought Klab Games from the red to the black. Then the release of the localised version of Sukufesu in English, Chinese, and most recently in Korean, since they also want to tap into the overseas markets as well. There are also players in the English and Chinese games that spend a lot of money on the localised games as well, which made localisation a very good decision. The English and Chinese games have already reached 250K+ players in a month or two. The hype is still here, which is supported by high interest in 2.5D idols, the many CD releases (the Best Live! collection has charted for 83 weeks in a row from when it was released last year), the growth in the anime fanbase (as evident in the sales of Vol.2 S2 compared to S1, the increase in CD sales, etc). Then we have the School Idol Diary light novels, nendoroids, merchandise at the upcoming Comiket. I can go on and on about Love Live!, which grew from a fan-based voting project back in 2010, to a monster of a franchise in 2014. The upcoming release of the 3 PS Vita games (abbreviated as Sukupara in Japanese) will be a nice indicator of the strength of the Love Live! franchise. |
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Hahalollawl said: GodlyKyon said: *8. **9,561 Sidonia no Kishi [BD] So, is this from a single volume? Or accumulated? Because if it is, wow. First Volume I think. It did quite well. That is more than just well, that is pretty damn amazing. I wouldn't have thought it would be successful, and instead stay underground like Nihei's other works. DAMN, Now I am looking forward to what they can pull with season 2. |
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| What was K's average BD sales? For the volumes not the BD box. I can't wait to see the movie I couldn't go to any of the screenings since the closest one was a 3 hour drive. Going to start stalking sites once its released. |
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